US7110802B1 - Belt clip device for mobile communication terminal unit - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a belt clip device for a mobile communication terminal unit, and more particularly to a belt clip device for a mobile communication terminal unit capable of allowing the user to conveniently view the display window of the terminal unit even in a state wearing the terminal unit at his side.
- a mobile communication terminal unit is provided with an LCD panel arranged at the front or top surface of a unit body.
- the mobile communication terminal unit may also be provided with a belt clip device in order to allow the user to easily and conveniently carry the terminal unit at his side.
- the belt clip device also has the function of protecting the terminal unit.
- FIG. 1 is a side view illustrating a conventional belt clip device for a mobile communication terminal unit.
- the conventional belt clip device mainly includes a terminal unit holder 102 for receiving and holding a terminal unit 101 , and a clamp 103 attached to the terminal unit holder 102 at one side of the terminal unit holder 102 and adapted to allow the belt clip device to be mounted to a belt.
- the clamp 103 has a base portion 103 a coupled to the rear surface of the terminal unit holder 102 by means of set screws 104 , and a panel portion 103 c hingably coupled to the base portion 103 a and spaced apart from the base 103 a by a desired gap by virtue of a plate spring 103 d.
- the user desires to carry the terminal unit at his side using the above mentioned conventional belt clip device, he depresses a depressing portion 103 b of the clamp 103 against the spring force of the plate spring 103 d to sufficiently space the panel portion 103 c of the clamp 103 apart from the base portion 103 a , thereby forming a sufficient gap therebetween, and then couples the belt clip device to his belt in such a fashion that the belt is fitted into the gap. Since the base portion 103 a and panel portion 103 c of the clamp 103 are urged toward each other by the plate spring 103 d arranged therebetween, they come into tight contact with the belt in a pressed state, thereby causing the belt clip device to be firmly held on the belt. Accordingly, the user can carry the mobile communication terminal unit 101 in a state in which it is received and held in the terminal unit holder 102 .
- an LCD panel 102 that is, an information display window, of the terminal unit 101 in a state, in which he carries the terminal unit 101 using the belt clip device, in order to confirm the telephone number of a calling party in response to a call from the calling party, a message received from the calling party, or the current time.
- the user can view only an inclined or inverted image of the information or content displayed on the LCD panel 102 .
- the user In order to accurately confirm the displayed information or content, there is an inconvenience in that the user must view it after separating the terminal unit 101 from the terminal unit holder 102 .
- an object of the invention is to provide a belt clip device for a mobile communication terminal unit which includes a terminal unit holder and a clamp hingably connected together, thereby allowing the user to rapidly and accurately view the display window of the terminal unit in a state carrying the terminal unit at his side.
- the present invention provides a belt clip device for a mobile communication terminal unit comprising: a terminal unit holder for receiving and holding the terminal unit; a clamp provided at the terminal unit holder at one side of the terminal unit holder and adapted to resiliently clip a belt worn by a user, thereby allowing the belt clip device to be mounted to the belt; and connecting means for rotatably connecting the clamp to the terminal unit holder.
- the clamp comprises a base portion, a panel portion hingably coupled at one end thereof to the base portion and spaced apart from the base portion to define a gap for receiving the belt therebetween, a spring adapted to urge the base portion and the panel portion in such a fashion that the gap is resiliently maintained, and a stopper provided at the other end of the panel portion and adapted to prevent the clamp from being separated from the belt.
- the clamp may comprise a base portion, a tension panel portion connected at one end thereof to the base portion in such a fashion that it is resiliently supported by the base portion, the tension panel portion serving to resiliently clip the belt, and a stopper provided at the other end of the tension panel portion and adapted to prevent the clamp from being separated from the belt.
- the connecting means comprises a hinging member arranged between the terminal unit adapter and the clamp, the hinging member being hingably coupled to the base portion of the clamp in such a fashion that it hinges about a hinge shaft with respect to the clamp while being rotatably coupled to the terminal unit holder, and a rotating shaft for rotatably coupling the terminal unit holder to the hinging member in such a fashion that the terminal unit holder rotates about the rotating shaft with respect to the hinging member.
- the belt clip device may further comprise angular position holding means for holding an angular position of the terminal unit holder with respect to the hinging member.
- the rotating position holding means comprises a hole formed at a surface of the terminal unit holder facing the clamp, a spring-loaded ball received in the hole in such a fashion that it is in contact with a surface of the hinging member contacting the surface of the terminal unit holder in a state urged against the surface of the hinging member, and a plurality of engagement grooves formed at the surface of the hinging member and adapted to in order to allow the spring-loaded ball to be resiliently held at a desired position along a rotating circumference of the spring-loaded ball, whereby the terminal unit holder is resiliently held at an angular position corresponding to a position of the spring-loaded ball received in a selected one of the engagement grooves.
- the connecting means may comprise a cylindrical rotating shaft holding member provided at one end of the clamp, a spring received in the rotating shaft holding member, a pair of rotating shaft supporting members formed at the terminal unit holder, each of the rotating shaft supporting members being provided with a plurality of radially extending engagement grooves at an inner surface thereof, and a pair of rotating shafts respectively adapted to rotatably couple the rotating shaft holding member to the rotating shaft supporting members and fitted in the rotating shaft holding member at opposite sides of the spring received in the rotating shaft holding member in such a fashion that they are axially slidable while being prevented from rotating with respect to the rotating shaft holding member, each of the rotating shafts being engaged with a selected one of the engagement grooves formed at an associated one of the rotating shaft supporting members.
- each of the rotating shaft supporting members has a recessed structure for receiving and holding one end of an associated one of the rotating shafts, the rotating shaft end being protruded from the rotating shaft holding member.
- each of the rotating shafts is provided at the one end thereof with an engagement protrusion adapted to engage with a selected one of the engagement grooves formed at an associated one of the rotating shaft supporting members, thereby causing the terminal unit holder to be held at a position defined by the engagement groove engaged with the engagement protrusion with respect to the clamp.
- FIG. 1 is a side view illustrating a conventional belt clip device for a mobile communication terminal unit
- FIG. 2 is a side view illustrating a belt clip device for a mobile communication terminal unit in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a hinging member included in the belt clip device of FIG. 2 ;
- FIG. 4 is a side view illustrating an upwardly hinged state of the hinging member in the belt clip device of FIG. 2 ;
- FIG. 5 is a side view illustrating a rotated state of a terminal unit holder included in the belt clip device of FIG. 2 ;
- FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a belt clip device for a mobile communication terminal unit in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a front perspective view illustrating a using condition of the belt clip device of FIG. 6 ;
- FIG. 8 is a side view illustrating a state of the belt clip device of FIG. 6 , carried by a belt, in which a terminal unit holder and a clamp are in a state folded with respect to each other;
- FIG. 9 is a rear perspective view illustrating a using condition of the belt clip device of FIG. 6 .
- the belt clip device for a mobile communication terminal unit according to an embodiment of the present invention is illustrated, respectively.
- the belt clip device includes a terminal unit holder 202 for receiving and holding a terminal unit 201 , a clamp 203 connected to the terminal unit holder 202 at one side of the terminal unit holder 202 and adapted to allow the belt clip device to be mounted to a belt, and a connecting means for rotatably connecting the clamp 203 to the terminal unit holder 202 .
- the clamp 203 has a panel-shaped base portion 203 a , and a panel portion 203 c hingably coupled at the upper end thereof to the base portion 203 a .
- the panel portion 203 c is provided at the upper end thereof with a depressing portion 203 b and at the lower end thereof with a stopper.
- the depressing portion 203 b and stopper are integral with the panel portion 203 c .
- a pair of grooves 203 d and 203 e are formed at respective surfaces of the base 203 a and panel portion 203 c facing each other.
- the clamp 203 also includes a plate spring 203 f fitted in the grooves 203 d and 203 e at both ends thereof, respectively.
- the plate spring 203 f serves to space the base 203 and 203 c apart from each other by a desired gap.
- the connecting means includes a hinging member 207 rotatably coupled to the rear surface of the terminal unit holder 202 and hingably coupled to the base portion 203 a of the clamp 203 .
- the hinging member 207 has a pair of inclined portions 207 a spaced apart from each other and hingably coupled to opposite side surfaces of the base portion 203 a of the clamp 203 by means of a hinge shaft 206 , respectively, in order to allow the hinging member 207 to hinge about the hinge shaft 206 with respect to the clamp 203 .
- the hinging member 207 is also provided at its central portion with a through hole 204 .
- the connecting means also includes a rotating shaft 208 fitted in the through hole 204 of the hinging member 207 in order to allow the terminal unit holder 202 to rotate about the rotating shaft 208 by a desired angle with respect to the hinging member 207 .
- a hole 209 is formed at the rear surface of the terminal unit holder 202 to receive a spring-loaded ball 210 therein.
- the spring-loaded ball 210 is in contact with the surface of the hinging member 207 facing the rear surface of the terminal unit holder 202 in a state urged against that surface by its spring.
- first through fourth engagement grooves 211 to 214 uniformly spaced apart from one another are formed in order to allow the spring-loaded ball 210 to be resiliently held at a desired position along a rotating circumference of the spring-loaded ball 210 .
- the terminal unit holder 202 is resiliently held at an angular position corresponding to the position of the ball 210 received in a selected one of the grooves 211 to 214 .
- the engagement grooves 211 to 214 are spaced apart from one another by an angle of 90 so that they define four 90-spaced angular positions for the terminal unit holder 202 , respectively.
- the operation of the belt clip device having the above mentioned configuration according to the illustrated embodiment of the present invention will be described.
- the user desires to carry, at his side, the terminal unit 201 held in the terminal unit holder 202 , he depresses the depressing portion 203 b of the clamp 203 against the spring force of the plate spring 203 f to sufficiently space the panel portion 203 c of the clamp 203 apart from the base portion 203 a , thereby forming a sufficient gap therebetween, and then couples the belt clip device to his belt in such a fashion that the belt is fitted into the gap.
- the base portion 203 a and panel portion 203 c of the clamp 203 are urged toward each other by the plate spring 203 f arranged therebetween, they come into tight contact with the belt in a pressed state, thereby causing the belt clip device to be firmly held on the belt. Accordingly, the user can carry the mobile communication terminal unit 201 in a state in which it is received and held in the terminal unit holder 202 .
- the user desires to view an LCD panel 220 of the terminal unit 201 in a state, in which he carries the terminal unit 201 held in the terminal unit holder 202 , in order to confirm the information or content displayed on the LCD panel 220 , he upwardly hinges the terminal unit holder 202 about the hinge shaft 206 with respect to the base portion 203 a of the clamp 203 while gripping the terminal unit holder 202 , until the terminal unit 201 is horizontally positioned. In this state, the user can downwardly view the LCD panel 220 , so that he can easily and accurately confirm the displayed information or content.
- the user then rotates the terminal unit holder 202 about the rotating shaft 208 with respect to the hinging member 207 so as to view that image in a normal state.
- the spring-loaded ball 210 which has been in a state resiliently engaged with the first engagement groove 211 , is separated from the first engagement groove 211 , and then resiliently engaged with an associated one of the second and fourth engagement grooves 212 and 214 , thereby causing the terminal unit holder 202 to be positioned at a position rotated 90 from the initial position thereof where it is longitudinally aligned with the hinging member 207 .
- the spring-loaded ball 210 is separated from the second or fourth engagement groove 212 or 214 , and then resiliently engaged with the third engagement grooves 213 , thereby causing the terminal unit holder 202 to be positioned at a position rotated 180 from the initial position thereof.
- the user can more accurately and conveniently view the information or content displayed on the LCD panel 200 in the rotated position of the terminal unit 201 corresponding to the second, third or, fourth engagement groove 212 , 213 , or 214 in a state in which an unintentional rotation of the terminal unit holder 202 from the rotated position is prevented by virtue of the engagement between the spring-loaded ball 210 and the associated engagement groove.
- the user can rapidly and accurately confirm the information or content displayed on the LCD panel 220 in a state held by the terminal unit holder 202 in that he can view the displayed information or content at a convenient position defined by hinging the hinging member 207 operatively connected to the terminal unit holder 202 by a desired angle, and, if necessary, rotating the terminal unit holder 202 about the rotating shaft 208 with respect to the hinging member 207 by a desired angle.
- FIGS. 6 to 9 a belt clip device for a mobile communication terminal unit according to another embodiment of the present invention is illustrated, respectively.
- the belt clip device includes a terminal unit holder 301 for receiving and holding the terminal unit 201 , a clamp 500 connected to the terminal unit holder 301 at one side of the terminal unit holder 301 and adapted to allow the belt clip device to be mounted to a belt, and a connecting means for rotatably connecting the clamp 500 to the terminal unit holder 301 .
- the clamp 500 has a panel-shaped base portion 501 , and a tension panel portion 503 integrally formed with the base portion 501 .
- the tension panel portion 503 is connected at one end thereof to the base portion 501 in such a fashion that it is resiliently supported by the base portion 501 .
- the tension panel portion 503 is also provided with a wedge-shaped stopper 502 in the vicinity of the other end thereof.
- the base portion 501 has an opening through which the wedge-shaped stopper is slightly protruded toward the terminal unit holder 301 .
- the tension panel portion 503 of the clamp 500 serves to clip the belt, thereby allowing the belt clip device to be separably mounted to the belt.
- the connecting means includes a cylindrical rotating shaft holding member 401 provided at one end of the clamp 500 in such a fashion that it is integral with the clamp 500 , a compression coil spring 402 received in the rotating shaft holding member 401 , and a pair of spaced rotating shafts 403 fitted in the rotating shaft holding member 401 at opposite sides of the compression coil spring 402 received in the rotating shaft holding member 401 in such a fashion that they are axially slidable while being prevented from rotating with respect to the rotating shaft holding member 401 .
- Each rotating shaft 403 is provided at its outer end with an engagement protrusion 403 a .
- the connecting means also includes a pair of spaced rotating shaft supporting members 404 formed at a desired portion, for example, an upper end, of the terminal unit holder 301 .
- Each rotating shaft supporting member 404 has a recessed structure for receiving the outer end of an associated one of the rotating shafts 403 .
- the rotating shaft supporting member 404 is provided with a plurality of radially extending engagement grooves 404 a at the inner bottom surface thereof.
- the engagement protrusion 403 a of each rotating shaft 403 is resiliently engaged with one of the engagement grooves 404 a of an associated one of the rotating shaft supporting members 404 , thereby causing the terminal unit holder 301 to be held at a position defined by the engagement groove 404 a engaged with the engagement protrusion 403 a with respect to the clamp 500 .
- the tension panel portion 503 of the clamp 500 has the wedge-shaped stopper 502 , a slight gap is defined between the base portion 501 and tension panel portion 503 of the clamp 500 at the stopper-arranged portion of the clamp 500 in order to allow an insertion of the belt therebetween.
- each rotating shaft 403 is in a state resiliently engaged with one of the engagement grooves 404 a of an associated one of the rotating shaft supporting member 404 by virtue of the compression coil spring 402 , so that the terminal unit holder 301 is held at a position defined by the engagement groove 404 a engaged with the engagement protrusion 403 a with respect to the clamp 500 .
- each rotating shaft supporting member 404 is rotated about an associated one of the rotating shafts 403 with respect to the clamp 500 in such a fashion that the engagement protrusion 403 a of the rotating shaft 403 slides circumferentially along the engagement grooves 404 a of the rotating shaft supporting member 404 .
- the terminal unit holder 301 is held at a position defined by one of the engagement groove 404 a engaged with the engagement protrusion 403 a .
- terminal unit holder 301 can be held at an optional angular position with respect to the clamp 500 , there is also an advantage in that the terminal unit 201 can be maintained in an upright status on a table in order to allow the user to conveniently view the LCD panel 220 of the terminal unit 201 , as shown in FIG. 7 .
- the belt clip device In a state in which the terminal unit 201 is carried by the belt of the user, the belt clip device is maintained in such a fashion that the terminal unit holder 301 and clamp 500 are in a state folded with respect to each other, in order to allow the user to conveniently carry the terminal unit 201 .
- the user desires to view the LCD panel 220 of the terminal unit 201 in a state, in which he carries the terminal unit 201 held in the terminal unit holder 202 , in order to confirm the information or content displayed on the LCD panel 220 , he adjusts the angle of the terminal unit holder 301 with respect to the clamp 500 , as shown in FIG. 9 by upwardly rotating the terminal unit holder 202 about the rotating shafts 403 . Accordingly, the user can view the LCD panel 220 without separating the terminal unit 201 from the terminal unit holder 301 to confirm the information or content displayed on the LCD panel 220 .
- the present invention provides a belt clip device for a mobile communication terminal unit including a terminal unit holder and a clamp hingably or rotatably connected together in such a fashion that they are hinged or rotated between a folded state allowing the user to conveniently carry the terminal unit by a belt and a developed state allowing the user to conveniently view a display window of the terminal unit without separating the terminal unit from the terminal unit holder.
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